NGC 1999 and the Waterfall Nebula
Located in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud Complex just south to the famous M42 (to the Right of this image), lyes this interesting yet forgotten region of the sky.
NGC 1999 is a dust filled bright nebula with a vast hole of empty space represented by a black patch of sky, as can be seen in center of this photograph.
It is a reflection nebula, and shines from the light of the variable star V380 Orionis.(WIKI)

At the Upper Right of the image the Bright Red line is called the Waterfall Nebula (HH 222)
It is considered one of the most mysterious objects in known galaxy (NASA)

The Panther is actually a Bok globule in the Rosette 4500 light years distant in the constellation of Monoceros. Bok globules are dark, dense molecular clouds from which star formation can take place. These were first observed by Bart Bok in the 1940’s. Bok speculated that these clouds were ‘similar to insect’s cocoons’ and would give way to new stars and star clusters as they underwent gravitational collapse.

Came across this older photo from 08/12/12. I remember driving home from Kitt Peak Observatory around 4 a.m and seeing this awesome alignment through my windshield. I pulled over and snapped a couple photos and jumped in the last exposure. This is NOT a composite. This is a single image, my right arm just moved slightly which made it look a little weird.

Here is a composite image of 4 stacked images totaling of around 4 minutes of the ISS flying over Tucson, Arizona. It will also be visible tonight around 8:15PM. Look W-NW for a really fast moving light in the sky.

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Comet Lemmon and globular cluster 47 Tucanae
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From dark suburban skies at the seaside resort town of Las Grutas (-40, -65) the comet was not visible to the unaided eye. Binoculars showed a hint of tail and a shade of green. It was very close to the globular cluster 47 Tuc for a couple of nights, giving a beautiful frame.
Canon T1i, Canon lens EF 100 F2, 33x5 sec @f/2, ISO 3200, tripod mounted.
Enjoy!

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Reason:Attached smaller image for faster downloading; left link to larger image. Thanks for sharing!